Arthur Housman and William Wadsworth in Hypno and Trance (1915)

William Wadsworth

Arthur Housman

William Bechtel

Hypno and Trance are given a couple of tickets by Professor Smelgarlic, the hypnotist. They attend the performance and are hypnotized, doing all kinds of foolish stunts on the stage. The &quot;prof&quot; makes men walk tight rope, and petri...

Charles Ransom

Hypno and Trance

Too long between the laughs

Hypnotism is the base upon which this one-reel farce is built. It contains a number of very amusing situations, but the action can be quickened to advantage; the waits are too long between the laughs. - The Moving Picture World, March 13, 1915

Hypno and Trance are given a couple of tickets by Professor Smelgarlic, the hypnotist. They attend the performance and are hypnotized, doing all kinds of foolish stunts on the stage. The "prof" makes men walk tight rope, and petrifies one so that a concrete slab is broken on his rigid body. Hypno and Trance get a book and proceed to hypnotize each other. Hypno works the spell on Trance and the latter is placed under the corner of a house which is jacked up ready to be moved. Hypno removes the jacks and the house falls on to the unfortunate subject's stomach. Hypno goes for help, but a gang of laborers will not lend assistance for a full hour, as it is just twelve o'clock and they must have their lunch and rest. As poor Trance has nothing on his stomach but the house, Hypno gets a dinner pail from a boy and brings it to him. A detective, who was given a half shave in the barber shop where Hypno and Trance were employed, has been following them, and his remarkable detective powers suggest that if the house is jacked up the victim can be removed. He does it and Trance is taken out. They go off together reading the book and meet a girl whom they try to hypnotize. The detective thinks they are flirting with the girl and arrests them. They are sentenced to the cooler and through their wonderful hypnotic powers are able to spirit each other through the bars to safety.

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